Self-selection and earnings assimilation: Immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and the United States

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-668

  Cohen, Yinon ^a   Haberfeld, Yitchak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 37249088377     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0023     Document Type: Article

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